Arrival of polar air: France plunged into the cold for a long time, what forecasts in Occitania? – Free noon

You noticed, it’s cold. The first assault of winter is characterized by the arrival of a mass of cold air, which is currently falling on the country as well as part of Europe. After a wet weekend, giving rise to a lot of snowfall, the weather at the start of the week appears drier, but no less cold.

“France remains under the influence of a polar air mass, channeled between an anticyclone over the center of the Atlantic and a vast low pressure system plunging from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean basin”, indicates The weather channel.

What weather for the next few days?

If the situation is classic, it “does not occur every year at the beginning of winter”, Languedoc weather report. “In our Mediterranean regions, this will coincide with dry, freezing weather during windy nights, while small snowfalls will again be observed on our reliefs at low altitude”, anticipate forecasters.

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This Monday, November 29, it is the wind that should give us a strong feeling of cold. “The minimums will approach 0 to 2 ° C everywhere, locally -1 / -2 ° C in the center of Gard and the west of the Aude“, indicates Languedoc weather which also announces a strong frost in the mountains.

Wind and snow in the middle of the week

For the next two days, the wind weakens and the nights are clear, giving rise to more and more generalized frosts. The return of the wind could take place in the middle of the week according to Météo Languedoc, which forecasts a potential “stormy mistral” with gusts up to 120 km / h in the most exposed areas. A wind that if it limits the frosts, will not help our feeling of cold.

In the middle of the week, Météo France is also forecasting the return of humidity to part of Occitania, which could lead to new snowfall in high-altitude areas. This could be the case in the Pyrenees in particular, but also in Aveyron or in the Lot.